• Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services is now targeting to reach self-sustenance in food production through maximum utilization of its farms.
• This information came out during a field day held at Ridigita prison farm yesterday.
• Minister Munzverengwi said agriculture is important to humanity as it provides food and serves as the foundation of all other industries.

Prisons are correctional facilities, which means criminals are sent there to correct certain characteristics, and this does not inadvertently mean maltreatment. Most correctional facilities do not actively impact their inmates and also provide them with the worst standard of living.

However, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services is now targeting to reach self-sustenance in food production through maximum utilization of its farms.

By implication of this, the inmates will not be malnourished, they will channel their energy into doing something impactful, and they will also learn the act of farming, as well as feel productive. They will also produce their own food thereby relying less on the government.

This information came out during a field day held at Ridigita prison farm yesterday, where Minister of Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Mashonaland East, Hon. Apollonia Munzverengwi was the guest of honor.